HP StorageWorks 1500 Modular Smart Array installation guide (355901 - 005, June 2007)

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7 Configuration procedures—Other environments
Deploying the MSA in a NetWare, Tru64 UNIX, SCO UNIX, or VMware operating system
environment involves:
1. Completing all Prerequisites, page 91
2. Completing operating system-specific tasks:
• NetWare environments, page 92
• Tru64 UNIX environments, page 93
• SCO UNIX environments, page 93
3. Updating MSA controller firmware (if necessary), page 94
4. Configuring the storage, page 94
Each of these procedures is discussed in the following paragraphs.
NOTE: HP recommends installing your MSA in the sequence of steps listed here and in chapter 1
of this guide. Specific dependencies exist, and if you deviate from this sequence, you may have to
uninstall and then reinstall your device.
Prerequisites
• Install and connect all equipment correctly, as detailed in ”Installation
procedures—All deployments” on page 13.
• Verify that the operating system version installed on the server is supported for use with the MSA.
For a current listing of supported operating system versions, see the QuickSpecs, available on
the Technical documentation page of the MSA1500 website:
http://www.hp.com/go/msa1500cs
.
• Obtain documentation for the storage configuration tool you plan to use. Documentation for the
ACU and the CLI are available on the Documentation CD and the Technical documentation
page of the 1500 website: http://www.hp.com/go/msa1500cs
.